Best Larry Swanson Podcasts (2024)

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TJ Alexander- Triple Sec 18:19

1h ago18:19

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From TJ Alexander, a 3-time Indie Next Pick recipient and author of the Lamda Literary Award-nominated “urgent and intimate” (New York Times) Chef’s Choice, comes TRIPLE SEC , starring a jaded bartender who is wooed by a charmingly quirky couple in this fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom-com, set in the glamorous world of high-end cocktail bars. AB…

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Timi Stoop-Alcala: Knowledge Domain Modeling and Content Advocacy – Episode 195 31:46

2h ago31:46

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Timi Stoop-AlcalaWhen the concept of "content" comes up it can be hard to get everyone aligned on exactly what you're talking about.At IKEA, Timi Stoop-Alcala focuses on the "what" of content via the practice of knowledge domain modeling both to deal with the complexity of content and to highlight its importance.Her knowledge-focused, human-centere…

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Timi Stoop-Alcala: Knowledge Domain Modeling and Content Advocacy 31:46

1h ago31:46

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When the concept of "content" comes up it can be hard to get everyone aligned on exactly what you're talking about. At IKEA, Timi Stoop-Alcala focuses on the "what" of content via the practice of knowledge domain modeling both to deal with the complexity of content and to highlight its importance. Her knowledge-focused, human-centered approach has …

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Andrew Stein: Content Design and AI Leadership – Episode 34 34:08

12h ago34:08

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Andrew SteinLike many content designers in the fall of 2022, Andrew Stein was concerned about the possible negative impact of generative AI on content and design practice. And his concern was heightened by the large number of content designers on his team.Since then, Andrew has discovered many ways to apply AI in his content design work, both in co…

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Tom Hoffarth-Perfect Eloquence An Appreciation of Vin Scully 22:09

1h ago22:09

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When Vin Scully passed away in 2022, the city of Los Angeles lost its soundtrack. If you were able to deliver a eulogy for him, what might it include? What impact did he have on you? What do you carry forward from his legacy? Sixty-seven essayists—one representing each season of his career calling games for the Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1950 throug…

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Cassidy Hall on Queering Contemplation, Letting Go of Thomas Merton, and Expanding Foundations 1:17:14

1h ago1:17:14

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Cassidy Hall is an author, award-winning filmmaker, podcaster, ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, and leading voice in contemplative spirituality. She is the cohost of the Encountering Silence podcast and the host of Contemplating Now and Queering Contemplation podcasts. Her latest book is Queering Contemplation, Finding Queerness in…

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Anna Potapova: Managing AI Content at Scale for an Ecommerce Giant – Episode 33 30:42

7d ago30:42

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Anna PotapovaGenerative AI creates new opportunities to create and manage content at scale. And scale is definitely required when crafting content experiences for one of the world's largest ecommerce companies.Anna Potapova is incorporating gen-AI across the span of her work at AliExpress: content creation and management, localization, personalizat…

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Dan Hampton- Vanishing Act -The Enduring Mystery Behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid over Tokyo 13:33

4d ago13:33

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In the dark days after the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks during the spring of 1942, the United States was determined to show the world that the Axis was notinvincible. Their bold plan? Bomb Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25s, known as the Doolittle Raiders, hit targets across Japan before escaping to China. The eighth plane, however, did no…

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Hilary Marsh: Digital Councils for Better Content Strategy – Episode 194 30:50

5d ago30:50

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Hilary MarshOrganizations of all types and sizes struggle with presenting their content so that it both makes sense to readers and aligns with the organization's intentions.Hilary Marsh introduced the concept of the "digital council" to address this issue. Councils can take many forms, depending on the nature of the organization, but the intent alw…

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Hilary Marsh: Digital Councils for Better Content Strategy 30:51

5d ago30:51

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Organizations of all types and sizes struggle with presenting their content so that it both makes sense to readers and aligns with the organization's intentions. Hilary Marsh introduced the concept of the "digital council" to address this issue. Councils can take many forms, depending on the nature of the organization, but the intent always is to g…

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Larry Tye- The Jazzmen 17:21

7d ago17:21

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel and Bobby Kennedy, a sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz—Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie—who, born within a few years of one another, overcame racist exclusion and violence to become the most popular entertainers on the planet. Larry Tye is the New Y…

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Duane Forrester: Evolving SEO Strategy for the Generative-AI World – Episode 32 33:48

10d ago33:48

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Duane ForresterSEO has always been difficult, but generative AI takes things to an entirely new level.Duane Forrester has been immersed in the search world for more than 20 years, including stints as the Product Manager for the Bing Webmaster Program and Vice President of Industry Insights at Yext, where he developed company AI strategy. He also he…

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David G Swanson- Air-Conditioned Bus Tours 17:55

10d ago17:55

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Who doesn’t like vacations with ultimate relaxation preferences? The type of vacation a person takes depends upon individual desires. Most folks like to be wined-n-dined and pampered as if they’ve snuck into the 1/10 of 1% demographic. A few eccentrics prefer different vacations. Developing the ability to ignore inconveniences that’s like a gym rat…

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Cruce Saunders: Content as a Valuable Enterprise Asset – Episode 193 31:27

11d ago31:27

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Cruce SaundersContent is a precious business asset and should be treated as such in enterprise accounting.Cruce Saunders has been making the case for content as a financial asset for many years, arguing that much of it should be accounted for like the durable machinery that powers a factory, not like an ephemeral one-time business expense.He still …

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Cruce Saunders: Content as a Valuable Enterprise Asset 31:28

15d ago31:28

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Content is a precious business asset and should be treated as such in enterprise accounting records. Cruce Saunders has been making the case for content as a financial asset for many years, arguing that much of it should be accounted for like the durable machinery that powers a factory, not like an ephemeral one-time business expense. He still sees…

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Ryan Steck-Out For Blood 21:03

12d ago21:03

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Winters in Montana can be deadly, but it wasn’t the cold that was killing Matthew Redd . . . Gavin Kline, executive assistant director of the FBI’s Intelligence Directorate, is escorting a high-value prisoner with the intel to bring down a global conspiracy when their plane comes under attack. In the aftermath, muchof Kline’s team is dead, but he r…

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Dr. Larry Ward on America's Racial Karma, the Fragrance of Wisdom, and Learning How To Suffer Less 44:31

17d ago44:31

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Dr. Larry Ward is a senior teacher in Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village tradition, the author of the book America's Racial Karma, and co-author with his wife, Peggy, of Love's Garden: A Guide To Mindful Relationships. Dr. Ward brings forty years of international experience in organizational change and local community renewal to his…

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Jerry Grillo- Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize 16:44

14d ago16:44

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Johnny Mize was one of the greatest hitters in baseball’s golden age of great hitters. Born and raised in tiny Demorest, Georgia, in the northeast Georgia mountains, Mize emerged from the heart of Dixie as a Bunyonesque slugger, a quiet but sharp‑witted man from a broken home who became a professional player at seventeen, embarking on an extended t…

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Leah Krauss: Responsible AI and Content Design at Microsoft – Episode 31 36:21

24d ago36:21

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Leah KraussNew AI products like Microsoft's Copilot can be powerful productivity enhancers, but if designers aren't careful they can inadvertently introduce into the product the bias and other hazards that can come with large language models.As a content designer working on Microsoft's Copilot for Sales product, Leah Krauss helps her colleagues und…

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Ace Atkins- Don't Let The Devil Ride 17:49

19d ago17:49

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New York Times bestselling author Ace Atkins enters new literary territory with DON’T LET THE DEVIL RIDE, a captivating new novel that finds a woman uncovering deadly secrets about her husband after he disappears. Atkins has penned an elevated thriller that tackles difficult themes while also delivering a totally entertaining story. How well do we …

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Randy Wayne White -One Deadly Eye 23:46

20d ago23:46

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Randy Wayne White is the bestselling and award-winning author of the prolific and longstanding Doc Ford series. In 2022, Randy endured Hurricane Ian on Sanibel Island in Florida, which caused historic damage, destroying houses and knocking out the only bridge to the island. Randy stayed on the island through the storm, unreachable for a tenuous per…

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Kimberly Belle- The Paris Widow 16:03

22d ago16:03

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Seemingly perfect couples running from their pasts and hiding dark secrets that eventually catch up with them are the specialty of USA Today and internationally bestselling author Kimberly Belle. In her latest novel of suspense, The Paris Widow (Park Row Books), Belle draws us into the intrigue, outrage, and rapidly mounting danger surrounding what…

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Michael Priestley: Creator of the DITA Structured-Content Standard 31:07

26d ago31:07

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Twenty years ago at IBM, the company's commitment to user-focused content led to the decision to develop a standard way of structuring content so that it could be used in multiple channels. Michael Priestley was uniquely positioned to lead the effort to create the corporate standard that became DITA, the Darwin Information Typing Architecture. http…

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Michael Priestley: Creator of the DITA Structured-Content Standard – Episode 192 31:06

23d ago31:06

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Michael PriestleyTwenty-four years ago at IBM, the company's commitment to user-focused content led to the decision to develop a standard way of structuring content so that it could be used in multiple channels.Michael Priestley was uniquely positioned to guide the team that created the technical approach to the corporate standard that would ultima…

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Hart Hanson- The Seminarian 16:36

25d ago16:36

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Xavier “Priest” Priestly is a snarky former seminarian turned private investigator. Dusty Queen is a hard-as-nails professional stuntwoman and freelance bodyguard. When Dusty’s girlfriend suddenly disappears, a woman in a strange blue wig tries to assassinate Priest, and a twelve-year-old boy shows up claiming to be his son, the two friends are thr…

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Johnnie Williams- GOD That’s F**cked Up – The Story of my Life from a Seated Perspective 10:18

26d ago10:18

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In life, the choices we make determine our levels of success or regret. Ultra successful people (the superrich) rarely take a look back at the lessons of the past. That privilege is often reserved for the regretful, and whether we show it or not, many of us have our secret regrets. What if you realized that you were a regretful success? But that d…

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David James Duncan on the Unintentional Menagerie of Sun House, Friendship, and the Beguines 1:46:49

27d ago1:46:49

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David James Duncan is the author of the classic novels The River Why and The Brothers K, the story collection River Teeth, the nonfiction collection and National Book Award finalist, My Story as Told by Water, the best-selling collection of “churchless sermons," God Laughs & Plays. And lest we forget his latest, and what some have called his magnum…

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Jack Molisani: The Impact of AI on Technical Communication 34:29

1M ago34:29

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As the founder of the long-standing LavaCon conference and the principal at a technical content staffing agency, Jack Molisani gets a deeply informed view of the world of technical communication. While he sees the opportunities that generative AI presents, he raises several concerns for technical content strategy practitioners, among them the inacc…

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Jack Molisani: The Impact of AI on Technical Communication – Episode 30

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Jack MolisaniAs the founder of the long-standing LavaCon conference and the principal at a technical content staffing agency, Jack Molisani gets a deeply informed view of the world of technical communication.While he sees the opportunities that generative AI presents, he raises several concerns for technical content strategy practitioners, among th…

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Rafaëla Ellensburg: Holistic, Semantic Content Engineering – Episode 191

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Rafaela EllensburgServing personalized content about thousands of products to millions of people requires a sophisticated content operation.At Albert Heijn, the big grocery store chain in the Netherlands, Rafaëla Ellensburg established a content engineering practice that lets the company deliver personalize-able omnichannel content at scale.In the …

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Rafaëla Ellensburg: Holistic, Semantic Content Engineering 32:22

1M ago32:22

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Serving personalized content about thousands of products to millions of people requires a sophisticated content operation. At Albert Heijn, the big grocery store chain in the Netherlands, Rafaëla Ellensburg established a content engineering practice that lets the company deliver personalize-able omnichannel content at scale. In the process, she als…

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Harmonizing In The Empty Fullness 2:07

1M ago2:07

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Season Five Trailer Contemplify.comBy Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler

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Keith O'Brien- Charlie Hustle 13:17

1M ago13:17

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Keith O’Brien’s CHARLIE HUSTLE is the definitive story of Pete Rose's rise and fall, built with the help of federal court documents never utilized before, interviews with three former associates who placed Pete's bets on baseball, 27 hours of interviews with Pete himself, and over 150 hours of interviews in all. It is the story unlike it's ever bee…

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Lisa Welchman: Content, AI, and Digital Governance – Episode 29

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Lisa WelchmanOver the past 25 years, Lisa Welchman has established and codified the field of digital governance.With an enterprise consulting career that spans the emergence of the web, the arrival of social media, and the rise of mobile computing, she is uniquely positioned to help digital practitioners, managers, and executives understand and man…

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Mindy Friddle-Her Best Self 18:21

1M ago18:21

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Janelle Wolf longs to be the woman she once was, an adored wife, a loving mother, a career woman, a force in her community—before a mysterious car accident stole her memories, ruined her reputation, and upended her life. These days, her troubled family needs that capable woman from the past, the one she calls “Janelle Before.” Enter Lana, an alluri…

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Pavel Samsonov: Content-First Product Design Leadership 34:10

1M ago34:10

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Pavel Samsonov is a UX designer with a deep appreciation of content. His content-first approach to design is driven by his observation that navigating digital experiences is about accessing content, not clicking buttons. Pavel has also cultivated a deep awareness of the semantic environments that he and his colleagues navigate and he uses that awar…

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Pavel Samsonov: Content-First Product Design Leadership – Episode 190

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Pavel SamsonovPavel Samsonov is a UX product designer with a deep appreciation of content.His content-first approach to design is driven by his observation that navigating digital experiences is about accessing content, not clicking buttons.Pavel has also cultivated a deep awareness of the semantic environments that he and his colleagues navigate a…

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Mary Carroll Moore- Last Bets 14:33

1M ago14:33

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Portrait artist Elly Sorenson leaves her Washington, D.C., life for the Caribbean island of Bonaire, hoping to find refuge from personal tragedy and financial fallout. Instead,she is confronted by old demons, including a gambling underworld that taps paranormal talents she would prefer to leave dormant. On the island she finds an unlikely kindred s…

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Jeffrey MacIntyre: Orchestrating Personalized Content Experiences 31:53

2M ago31:53

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Scalable content personalization systems create huge value for businesses. Like most valuable endeavors, they're really hard to do well. Jeffrey MacIntyre orchestrates the activities - terminology and taxonomy work, metadata strategy, information architecture, and more - that help businesses build content operations that deliver the customer-focuse…

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Jeffrey MacIntyre: Orchestrating Personalized Content Experiences – Episode 189

2M ago

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Jeffrey MacIntyreScalable content personalization systems create huge value for businesses. Like most valuable endeavors, they're really hard to do well.Jeffrey MacIntyre orchestrates the activities - terminology and taxonomy work, metadata strategy, information architecture, and more - that help businesses build content operations that deliver the…

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Rob Hoeijmakers: Using AI to Transform Blogging Workflows – Episode 28

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Rob HoeijmakersLLM-based conversational tools are revolutionizing all parts of the content ecosystem, including blogs by independent professionals.Rob Hoeijmakers is an independent web strategist based in Amsterdam. He's using AI tools like Whisper and Perplexity to streamline and improve his research and writing workflows.This lets him spend more …

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Jon Clinch- The General and Julia 16:12

2M ago16:12

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From the acclaimed author of Marley and Finn, a novel both intimate and epic capturing Ulysses S. Grant during his final days as he reflects on his life and reckons with his complicated legacy. About the Author: Jon Clinch is the author of the acclaimed novels Finn,Kings of the Earth, The Thief of Auschwitz, Belzoni Dreams of Egypt, and Marley. A n…

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